Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) grilled Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth over his stance on women in the military and called him out for his false and misleading claims that the military lowers its standard for women.

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Hegseth is the first of Donald Trump’s cabinet picks to sit for his Senate confirmation hearing. The confirmation hearing has been quite contentious due to his lack of experience and controversial history. Members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services have grilled him on everything from his alleged sexual assault to his history of infidelity. One topic that has repeatedly cropped up, especially among the female committee members, is his misogynistic and degrading view of women in the military. Hegseth advocated in the past for barring all women from combat zones in the military. He accused the brave women serving in combat zones of being less “capable” than men and making fighting “more complicated.” It was only after his nomination for Secretary of Defense that Hegseth radically changed his tune, claiming he supported women in all areas of the military, including combat.

He has continued insisting he supports women in the military throughout his confirmation hearing. However, many remain suspicious of whether his change is genuine, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren remarking of his “conversion” on the topic, “I’ve heard of death bed conversions, but this is the first time I’ve heard of a nomination conversion.” Gillibrand cast...

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